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Cryosurgery , Sporothrix/isolation & purification , Sporotrichosis/surgery , Female , Humans , Male , Middle Aged , Skin/microbiology , Sporotrichosis/diagnosis , Treatment Outcome , Young AdultSubject(s)
Bird Diseases/transmission , Sporotrichosis/diagnosis , Sporotrichosis/transmission , Zoonoses/transmission , Adult , Animals , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Bird Diseases/epidemiology , Brazil/epidemiology , Cockatoos , Female , Humans , Itraconazole/therapeutic use , Sporotrichosis/drug therapy , Sporotrichosis/epidemiologySubject(s)
Erythema Multiforme/diagnosis , Sporotrichosis/diagnosis , Animals , Antifungal Agents/therapeutic use , Brazil , Cats , Diagnosis, Differential , Erythema Multiforme/drug therapy , Erythema Multiforme/pathology , Female , Hand , Humans , Itraconazole/therapeutic use , Male , Middle Aged , Sporotrichosis/drug therapy , Sporotrichosis/pathology , ThighABSTRACT
Ten cats with sporotrichosis were examined clinically and pathologically. They were in very poor general condition, and had widespread ulcerated cutaneous lesions and respiratory signs. Gross internal abnormalities were found only in the lungs and lymph nodes. Histologically, an inflammatory infiltrate and yeast-like structures were observed in the skin, lungs, liver and lymph nodes. The spleen was congested and contained fungal elements. No microscopical changes were observed in the pancreas, kidneys and heart. Sporothix schenckii was isolated from all the skin samples and nasal swabs obtained in vivo, and from all the samples of lung, liver, spleen, lymph nodes, heart and kidney taken postmortem.
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Cat Diseases/microbiology , Cat Diseases/pathology , Sporotrichosis/pathology , Sporotrichosis/veterinary , Animals , Brazil , Cat Diseases/diagnostic imaging , Cat Diseases/drug therapy , Cats , Female , Itraconazole/therapeutic use , Lung/diagnostic imaging , Lung/microbiology , Lung/pathology , Male , Radiography , Sporotrichosis/diagnostic imaging , Sporotrichosis/drug therapyABSTRACT
We report the first isolation of Sporothrix schenckii from the nail surfaces of cats. The fungus grew from nail clippings of three cats associated with three household outbreaks of sporotrichosis involving cats and human beings. The identification of the isolates was based on macroscopic and microscopic morphological characteristics at 25 degrees C and conversion of S. schenckii to the yeast-like form at 37 degrees C.
